OR2T4

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily T, member 4
Identifiers
Symbols OR2T4; OR1-60; OR2T4Q
External IDs MGI3030159 HomoloGene110456 GeneCards: OR2T4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 127074 258179
Ensembl ENSG00000196944 ENSMUSG00000058807
UniProt Q8NH00 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004696 NM_001011861.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004696 NP_001011861.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
248.52 – 248.53 Mb
Chr 11:
58.32 – 58.32 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 2T4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2T4 gene.[1]

Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.[1]

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